title: Nasal Carriage of Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 (EMRSA-15) Clone Observed in Three Chicago-Area Long-Term Care Facilities.
abstract: The spread of pandemic methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) clones such as USA300 and EMRSA-15 is a global health concern. As a part of a surveillance study of three long-term care facilities in the Greater Chicago area, phenotypic and molecular characterization of nasal MRSA isolates was performed. We report a cluster of pandemic EMRSA-15, an MRSA clone rarely reported from the United States, detected during this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA SDas@northshore.org.
authors.forename: Sanchita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Microbiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Microbiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Althea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grayes
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Microbiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Microbiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harazin
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Microbiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Schora
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Microbiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.|Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.|University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Lance R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Peterson